Title : Maximo vs Army of Zin Version : PAL Platform : Sony Playstation 2 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Author : Erwinraaben55 Version : v1.00 Date : 2 April 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: 1. Controls & Basics 1.1 Controls 1.2 Basics 2. Items & weapons 3. Hidden Chests 4. Some things good to know 5. Walkthrough 5. 1 The First Strike 5. 2 Into the Fire 5. 3 No Sanctuary 5. 4 Boss: The House Crusher 5. 5 Forest of Fear 5. 6 Gallows Gorge 5. 7 Sinister Stones 5. 8 Boss: Cyclocks 5. 9 Down with the Ship 5.10 Road to Hawkmoor 5.11 Perilous Path 5.12 The Under Hive 5.13 Boss: Old Wounds 5.14 The Great Vault 5.15 Drained Depths 5.16 Sunken City 5.17 Boss: Guardian of the Deep 5.18 The Soulcrusher 5.19 Tinkers Rescue 5.20 Boss: Master of the Zin 6. Tips 7. Extra's 8. Credits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Controls & Basics Here are all the controls and basics explained. You can also find them in the manual. After a while you learn new techniques. They are explained by the weapons section. You will learn them automatically in the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Controls Just the normal controls taken from the manual, please note that they are from a Dutch manual and translated into English, so things can be named a little different. X : Jump Square : Horizontal attack or action. Circle : Throw shield when Super Meter is full or uppercut when Super Meter is empty. Triangle : Vertical attack Left analog : Maximo movement Right analog: Change camera angle, when in first person view, turn, to view in any direction. L1 : Centre camera L2 : Change between main weapons. L3 : Not used R1 : Change into Grim (if Grim Meter is full). R2 : Block with shield. R3 : First person view (you can't move/attack when in fpv, press again for normal view). Start : Pause game Select : Powerup display or end cut scene. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2 Basics Just the normal basic attacks/moves from the manual. Left analog : Walk/run : move the stick in any direction to walk.Push the stick forwards to run. 'X' : Jump : Press 'X' once to jump 'X' 'X' : Double jump : Press 'X' once to jump, while in the air, press 'X' again to double jump and gain more height and jump further. 'S' : Action : To open a chest or gate press 'S', but when there appears a red "?" you need a key. When there appears a green "!" press 'S' to open the chest or gate. Press 'S'when there appears a green "!" by innocents to talk to them. Press 'S' to close. R2 : Block with shield : Press R2 to block with your shield. It almost blocks every attack from enemies. Sword attacks 'S' : Single horizontal attack: Press 'S' to do a horizontal attack. 'T' : Vertical attack : Press 'T' to do a vertical attack. 'S' 'S' : Double horizontal attack: Press 'S' twice to do a double horizontal attack. 'S' + Right analog 360 degrees : Spin : Press 'S' and rotate the right analog 360 degrees to spin and destroy every enemy surrounded by you. 'S' 'S' + Left analog : Upward slash : Press 'S' twice and move the left analog to plunge your sword powerful in the enemies on the ground. 'S' 'S' 'S' : 1000 cut : Press 'S' three times without touching the left analog sticks to perform a deadly 1000 cut. Left analog + 'T' : Rattle off : Move the left analog and press 'T' to throw your enemies in the air. 'X' 'T' : Jump attack : Press 'X' and 'T' to jump and attack enemies. 'X' 'X' 'T' : Downward attack : Press 'X' twice and then 'T' to perform a strong downward attack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Items & weapons Here are all the items and weapons explained. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: Basic items you find in almost every level Item Description Spirits : Found by killing enemies and hitting checkpoints. Collect them to fill the Grim Meter. Also collect 150 of them to get a free Death Coin. Death Coin : You lose one if you die, if you die without having one, it is game over. Maximum 99. Koin/Moneybag/Diamond: It is maximo's money. Koin: 1 point. Moneybag: 5 points. Diamond: 10 points. Maximum 9999. Gold/Iron key : Gold keys unlock gates, iron keys unlocks iron chests. Maximum 1 of gold, 9 of iron. Health Tankard : Refills one life bar. Armour : Get one life bar extra. With the armored boxers you can get 4 of them. Super Meter Charge : Refills your Super Meter a bit. Heart Boxers : Given to Maximo by his love, Sophia, they are a reminder to our hero that he is always in her heart. Weapons: All the weapons that Maximo uses Weapon Description Parilla : Maximo's sword had been in his family for generations. It is unbreakable and comes in handy when you miss a jump! Flame tongue : The fire of this burning blade will scorch enemies for more damage and can unleash magical attacks! Hammer of Heroes: Wielded by only the greatest warriors, the hammer can not only smash foes, but can be used to pound open switches! Bleak Forge : One strike of this frozen mace freezes enemies in their tracks! Or inflict more frigid fury with magical attacks! Items bought at the Peddler Item/shield upgrade Koins Description Hintscroll : 30: Collect all 30 to get hints and tips. Tankard : 40: Refills one life bar. Armour : 90: Get one life bar extra. With the armored boxers you can get 4 of them. Armored Boxers :120: Collect a fourth armour pickup while wearing these shorts to gain more HEALTH and GOLDEN armour. Midas Aura :360: Hold R2 to collect treasure and spirit from great distances, or when thrown by pressing 'C'. Treasure Seeker Boxers :410: The controller will start to vibrate when these boxers detect nearby buried treasure! Silver Shield :470: Stronger than the normal shield, uses less Super Meter power. Magic Pow Boxers :540: The Super Meter recharges at a faster rate while wearing these stylish shorts. Boxers of Burning Vigor:620: Down to your boxers? No fear! These will recharge and regenerate your Super Meter, but only when unarmored. Spark Aura :700: Hold R2 to cause Shield Spark, or zap enemies with a throw by pressing 'C'. Ricochet :800: Press 'C' for shield to become a homing weapon that hits multiple foes in one toss! USES Super Meter POWER. Gold Shield :910: The ultimate in shield throwing power! Items bought at the Old Guard Item/weapon upgrade Koins Description Death Coin : 210: You lose one if you die, if you die without having one, it is game over. Maximum 99. Mighty Blow : 270: Push the left analog stick and press 'T' to thrust your sword with this forward attack! USES SUPER METER POWER. Mighty Drill : 310: Push the left analog stick and press 'T' to grind your way through your foes! USES Super Meter POWER. Whirling Blades : 350: Press 'S' and rotate the left analog stick 360 degrees to unleash your swords furious flurry! Mighty Throw : 400: Press 'C' to hurl your shield further! Hold R2 to make Shield Hover! USES SUPER METER POWER. Crushing Spin : 460: Press 'S' and rotate the left analog stick 360 degrees to smash surrounding enemies. Grim Meter Upgrade(1) : 520: Adds one extra bar to your Grim Meter. Piercing Blow : 600: Push the left analog stick and press 'T' to wield the mighty Phantom Blades! USES SUPER METER POWER. Punishing Drill : 680: Push the left analog stick and press 'T' to pulverize your enemies. USES SUPER METER POWER. Super Meter Upgrade(1): 730: Adds one extra bar to your Super Meter. Ring of Pain : 780: Press 'X''X' and 'T' then 'T' to create a deadly circle of Phantom Blades! USES SUPER METER POWER. Quacke Shot : 880: Press 'X''X' and 'T' then 'T' to shatter the earth at your enemies' feet! USES SUPER METER POWER. Grim Meter Upgrade(2) : 950: Adds one extra bar to your Grim Meter. Fire Doomstrike :1010: Press 'X''X' and 'T' then 'S' to summon the destructive power of the Fiery Inferno! USES SUPER METER POWER. Ice Doomstrike :1160: Press 'X''X' and 'T' then 'S' to summon the frigid fury of the Blizzard Blast! USES SUPER METER POWER. Super Meter Upgrade(2):1320: Adds one extra bar to your Super Meter. Grim Meter Upgrade(3) :1510: Adds one extra bar to your Grim Meter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Hidden Chests In almost each level you can find some hidden chests. They are usually hidden in places near points easy to remember for the people who buried them, so look at these places. With the Treasure Seeker Boxers you can find them easily. Your controller will start to vibrate when near a chest. Then you have to jump to reveal them. In my walkthrough are all the hidden chests, so if you have trouble finding some, look it up here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Some things good to know In every level there is a main path that you should follow. In the mean time, look everywhere to collect every koin etc. I am not going to say where they all are,only the more hidden ones. So collecting and searching the easy ones is up to you. Grass : In some levels you find grass. You can cut the grass, if you cut only one at the time, you get nothing. But if you cut more in one single slash, you find koins in it, and when you cut a lot in one time, you can also get diamonds. If they are in a group, do a 360 slash, or if they are in a row, use your shield. Mushrooms: In other levels you find mushrooms. If you jump on them, they release koins. If you jump from one to another without touching the ground, you will get more koins by the next mushroom. Innocents: If you rescue innocents, talk to them always twice. The first time you will receive something, the second time they will give some tips. If you don't talk to innocents they will not count as a saved innocent, so always talk to them if they are waving. Also keep in mind that the Old Guard and Peddler are innocents too, that means that you need to talk to them too if you want to save them. Even if you think; "I don't need anything from them" talk to them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Walkthrough This is the main walkthrough. In it you can find every hidden chest and some difficult to find treasures. Also are difficult passages extra described. I hope this walkthrough will be useful. But with all the walkthroughs, TRY IT FIRST ON YOUR OWN. IT IS MUCH MORE FUN EXPLORING THE LEVELS BY YOURSELF THAN WITH A FAQ. I didn't describe the story that much, but it may CONTAIN SPOILERS. Almost every level has enemies to be defeated, treasures to be found, innocents to be saved and hidden secrets to be found. At every level I wrote down how many of each you need to master the level. Mastering a level means: Defeating every enemy, collecting every treasure, save every innocent and find all hidden secrets. So lets start then. SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT ================================================================================ 5. 1 The First Strike Enemies defeated : 24 Treasures found : 21 Innocents saved : 10 Hidden secrets found : 7 Reward after mastering:Gallery 2 First look at the beautiful intro. I won't say anything about it, just look for yourself. After the intro, you begin in the first level. When you look around, you see grass, you know what to do. In front of you is a hanging village sign "Oakmead Hollow". Jump and hack it into pieces. On the right, in between the first house and the second house, jump and find the hidden chest. Follow the way to trigger a small cut scene. After the cut scene kill the three enemies, then you hear a innocent scream, kill the enemies and return to the beginning of the level. Talk to the innocents. From the male you receive a key. Go around the back of his house, strike the boarded up window, leap inside and open the chest to receive lots of koins Then continue your way and talk to the girl you saved. On the right side of the house she was coming from is a hidden chest. Also don't forget to enter the house and kill the rarbite in the garden and hack the tree stump. Kill the enemy and then save the 2 innocents. In front of the big tree on the left is a hidden chest. Open the chest in front of the gate, but beware, an enemy is jumping in. Get the key and talk to the innocents. The man will tell you that he has some armour at his home. Return to the house where you killed the rarbite and collect the armour. Then open the gate and there is no way back. Defeat the enemies and a little cut scene starts, now you face a bigger enemy. Watch out, because he can be a little difficult. After defeating him, hit the checkpoint. checkpoint Head right and save the girl. Don't forget to break the window of the house and collect the moneybags. Talk to the Peddler, and look what he has got for sale, buy something if you want and talk to the girl. Head left and go behind the building. Kill the nasty rarbite and jump, there appear 3 chests. Look out for one is a Mimic chest. Walk further and you see a cut scene where the mill is destroyed. After that kill the 2 enemies and save the innocent. Head left into the water and at the end jump and open the hidden chest. A Death Coin is in it. Now go to the right in the water to the end of the waterwheel. Jump on the stone and then on the wheel, to the higher platform. Open the chest for a diamond. Get over the bridge and kill the puncher. Rescue the mill owner and get a key. Jump on the higher platform in the mill and open the chest with the key. Head to the final gate and kill the enemies. Get the key from one of them and exit this level. Congrats, 19 levels to go. ================================================================================ 5. 2 Into the Fire Enemies defeated : 37 Treasures found : 78 Innocents saved : 9 Hidden secrets found : 4 Reward after mastering:Gallery 3 Head straight to save the Old Guard. He can teach you many new techniques, if you have the money. Go back to the start and kill the rabite. Jump and reveal the hidden chest. Move on and save the man from the puncher. Move to the floor and use downstrike (X T) go right to kill the enemy and open the chest, beware, it is a Mimic chest. Go to the left and at the end jump to get the hidden chest. Jump on the little platforms up to the checkpoint. Checkpoint In front of the house next to the checkpoint is a buried chest, but you need a key to open it. To get the key save the two innocents. Move on and a cut scene starts. Kill the two enemies and go to the tree, kill the rabite and open the chest. Now it is time to save two innocents. One is behind a wooden wall in the front right of the barn. The other one is in the far left. Save them. Open every chest and wooden barrels on the ground and first floor. A wooden rafter falls and you go across it, then turn left and jump to the other side of the firewall. Jump on some platforms to get a key. Return and open the chest to the right where you went left. Now jump down and face some enemies. The last one will give you a golden key, and enter the gate. Save the Peddler and hit checkpoint. Checkpoint Return to the gatestairs and jump in the left inlet. A buried chest appears. Go through the hall and watch out for the doors with flames coming out. You enter a room and the floor collapses. Before you jump down, get over to the other platform with a flaming door. Now jump down and don't forget to collect the moneybag in the flames, either get it by using the Midas Aura if you already have it, or throw your shield at it. There is also a chest "hidden" behind the fire, a Mimic chest. Go to the next room and do almost the same thing. Don't forget the moneybag in the fire and the wooden barrel. Destroy it with you shield. Jump up again for the next checkpoint. Checkpoint Run down, save the girl and a little cut scene starts. Then get everything on the ground floor. Don't forget the Death Coin. Get it by jumping over the big hole. Now head upstairs and wait till the swinging platform comes near you and jump on it. Look right and jump on the small platform, look out that you don't fall. Now jump again on the moving platform and go to the other side. Go up and look right, you see the key that you saw in the cut scene. Jump from there on the moving platform and jump further to reach the platform with the iron chest, open it with the key, and return to where you got the key, now jump outside. Save the innocent and get a key from him. Two new monsters appear, stingers. You know what to do. Open the chest with the key, and move on. Downstrike to find two punchers. In the right chest is a tankard if you need it. The left one is a Mimic chest. After you have taken them out, more stingers appear. Go to the end and level 2 is done. ================================================================================ 5. 3 No Sanctuary Enemies defeated : 34 Treasures found : 2 Innocents saved : 3 Hidden secrets found : 2 Reward after mastering:Gallery 4 This is a small level. First save the three innocents. Then go back to the start and jump by the tree on the left, a hidden chest. Now go to the graveyard and kill the raven if you haven't done it already. Also don't forget the rabite. Go to the far right of the graveyard and jump for a hidden chest. Now enter the church and you have to defeat a hole bunch of enemies. Watch out for the blue stingers. You need to jump and downward strike to flip them over on their backs. Swiftly kill them before they flip back over. Or when they turn red, RUN and when the timer reaches 0 JUMP. They will explode. If you are surrounded with different enemies and with blue stingers, don't fight, but first run away from the blue stingers. If you hit them while they are red, they also explode and will cause damage to Maximo. When you have finally killed all the enemies, this level is done, and there awaits you a boss fight. But remember this level, because it is a very good level to get golden armour and stock up on Death Coins, if needed. Just dig them out of the ground, and save, exit, reload. Repeat if needed. ================================================================================ 5. 4 Boss: The House Crusher Enemies defeated : 1 Treasures found : 0 Innocents saved : 0 Hidden secrets found : 0 Reward after mastering:Gallery 5 The first boss fight. This is not a very difficult fight. Some points to remember: Never stand still too long, it will hit you when he is on the run. Attack only when it is save. At first you fight against him when he is in a house. When he stands still, attack him. You may be hit, but it doesn't matter. When you hit him a few times he will lay his head on the ground, hit him as much as you can. After a while he starts to run to you, just run left or right to be save. When he stops repeat the attacking strategy. When the life bar is empty, you are not finished. He will get rid of the house and is now armed with guns. This fight is easier than the first half. Whenever he shoots, block it with your shield, then run to him, and block again when he fires again. When you are close to him, hack him till he jumps away. Repeat this and you will be fine and defeat him quickly. Well done. You have mastered this level automatically by defeating the only enemy there is. ================================================================================ 5. 5 Forest of Fear Enemies defeated : 59 Treasures found : 48 Innocents saved : 6 Hidden secrets found : 4 Reward after mastering:Gallery 6 When you start, turn around and jump for a hidden chest. Then walk to the wooden wall and destroy it, don't forget to kill the raven. Walk down the path, and jump on the mushrooms to get some koins. Now you encounter a new beast, a dog like beast. This is a clever beast, so look out, especially when the claws turn red, it will do a long combo attack. Just guard. Turn left and you see an innocent, when you come closer, two enemies will fall down, kill them quick, and don't let them kill the innocent. More dog like enemies appear, defeat them and talk to the innocent. Jump on the mushrooms and open the chest. Then follow the route. As you walk further, two enemies will drop from the sky, making the earth to fall down. There is a chance that you will not fall down with it, if that happens, just jump down. Three stingers appear, two of them are blue, so watch out. Walk down the tunnel, killing all the beasts that appear. Then walk up again via the tree trunk. Jump over the gap, then go over the little bridge and hit checkpoint. Checkpoint Make your way through the big hollow tree into the water, where you have to kill 6 enemies. Then save the girl in the little house. Talk to her to receive a key. Stay on this path to go back to the hollow tree and go to the chest that is up a higher platform. Open it (it contains armour) and return to the pool. Make it out of the pool and now three trees will roll towards you. Keep left for the first, right for the second and in the middle for the last. Then you will see a checkpoint. Checkpoint Save the two people, but be quick, or they will be dead. Now when you saved them go to the wooden bridge. It will fall a little bit from one side. On the right of it is a hole in the wall. Jump through on the platform. From there jump, while getting the key, into the cave entrance. In the cave are some spitting holes. Avoid the skulls they are spitting and use the key at the chest. Jump now from there to the lower platform and return to the wooden bridge. Get back on the normal way and now you see the place where you get the hammer. Get it. Enemies appear, but make sure that you first go up the higher ledge, where the grass is, because there is a hidden chest. After you got that, kill all the enemies. Many will come, so be careful. After you killed the last one, the floor drops a meter into the ground. It will reveal a new path. Hack the roots and jump from platform to platform and save the Old Guard. Walk further and notice the key on the high left. Leave it alone for now and go to the water. Kill all the beasts. Beware for the blue ones. At the right, next to the wooden pillars, is a hidden chest. Then jump up to the little house. You hear a girl screaming, so save her first, before you open the chest inside this house, or you might let her die. After you saved her, open the chest and then jump on the house. Jump to the little house in the middle of the water. Now jump towards the iron chest. From there jump to the key. Jump back, if you fail, go all the way back to the first house and repeat what you just did. Now open the chest and jump again on the little house in the middle of the water. Now jump further to the other house. Kill the Mimic chest, and go for the checkpoint. Checkpoint Jump on the platform ahead and then on the moving platform, when it moves toward you, jump on it. Now jump on the left platform. You will see three diamonds. You can get them by jumping on the branches, but it is risky. So throw your shield. Jump back again on the moving platform and then on the next one. An enemy appears, kill it. Move forward over the next platforms. You see two new enemies. Watch out when they throw with there pumpkinheads. Also watch out after you defeated them, if the head falls down, it can still hurt you, so guard. Kill the two ravens and jump on the left of the well, to find the hidden chest. Now jump in the well to end this level. ================================================================================ 5. 6 Gallows Gorge Enemies defeated : 76 Treasures found : 72 Innocents saved : 3 Hidden secrets found : 3 Reward after mastering:Gallery 7 You start in the well you jumped in from the previous level. Many stingers appear. Kill them all. Then hit the bucket to get a koin. Now make your way up. Some of the platforms will fall down, so be careful if you don't want to go again from the bottom. Now when you reach the roots, stop. Now watch to your left and see the little purple mushrooms sitting on the wall. Jump on the big one that is the highest. From there jump up to the ledge and make your way up. Get all the koins and the diamond and go back again to the roots. Jump out of the tunnel and kill the ghostly highwayman. Talk to the woman, and she tells you that the angels statue is the key. Before you go there, return to the hole you were coming from, and search at the big tree to find a hidden chest with armour inside. Now go to the statue and jump on it. The ground falls a little and three stingers appear. Go in the tunnel to get a golden key and return. Three enemies appear. Then go through the gate and head right. Jump and get the hidden chest. Head left and watch out for the enemy jumping in. Hit checkpoint. Checkpoint Turn left in the side way and jump on the mushrooms to get a key. Return and kill the ghostly highwayman. Open the chest with the key. Return to the main way. As you approach the koins, the ground falls down. Jump on the first platform, then turn around. Now you see a death coin. Get it by jumping to it, but in such a way that you plunge your sword or hammer in the ledge. Now move further. Jump on the mushroom and get the diamond. Kill the ghostly highwayman and see some bushes shaking. An enemy jumps out. Kill it and hack the bushes. Kill the pumpkinhead and take the right way. Hack some bushes and keep right. Kill the ghostly highwayman and get the moneybag behind the wheel. Turn and take a right. Hack the bushes on the left to see a key, get it and return to the place where the pumpkinhead was. If you take the right, you will see some bushes and out of it jumps a pumpkinhead. Behind the bushes is a iron chest. Now return to the path where you got the key and move on. Three enemies are chasing a Peddler. Follow them until the Peddler stops, then kill them all. Talk to the Peddler and head right. Keep the right way till you come at some bushes with a pumpkinhead in front of it. Behind it is a bite chest with a key. Turn and keep right. Open the chest. Hack the last bushes here and go save the Old Guard. Then dig up the chest a little way back. Smash the barrels and head upstairs. Just after you jumped out of the window, and before the checkpoint, look right, there is a koin. Checkpoint As you walk further the ground will fall down. Jump from platform to platform avoiding the skulls spitted out. Jump on the next set of platforms and don't forget to get the diamond. Now you will see a tunnel with roots. Don't enter yet. Jump on the higher level and behind the tree is a chest. Also an enemy appears now. After that go in the tunnel. Equip your hammer. Some rabites will show up, kill them with your downward attack (X T). Now a hole group shows up. Kill them all and get the Super Meter refill behind the roots. When you get out of the tunnel jump to the other side. Don't enter this tunnel, yet. Go left instead to get a diamond high up there, return and make your way down, be sure not to fall down. When you are almost at the bottom, many rabites appear. Wait a sec until they are all under you, then do the downward strike with your hammer. When lucky you kill them all at once. Open the Mimic chest to get a key. Make your way up again and now you may enter the tunnel to use the key. Go down again and enter the tunnel there. Go to the checkpoint. Checkpoint Now you are at a place with a campfire. Many beasts will appear, so kill them all. After you killed them all, find a low house on wheels where you can jump on it. Jump on the other houses and get a chest somewhat hidden in the woods. Get all the koins and then enter the opened house to end this level. ================================================================================ 5. 7 Sinister Stones Enemies defeated : 64 Treasures found : 38 Innocents saved : 6 Hidden secrets found : 11 Reward after mastering:Gallery 8 Turn around to get a hidden chest. Then proceed and jump on the higher platform. Save the innocent. One of the enemies will drop a key. Now go over the tree trunk. Two stingers appear. Then open the iron chest to get armour. Now head down to the tunnel. At the end of the tunnel is a small platform with a diamond. Be sure to jump on the platform! Because when you jump on it an enemy appears in the tunnel. Now return to the saved woman and jump on the platform that is a little bit further than the one with the diamond a second ago. Jump on the mushrooms and reveal the hidden chest. Go over the tree trunk. It will crack a little bit. Go over the other tree trunk, which will fall, so be quick. Watch out for the three enemies. And don't forget the diamond on the platform next to the just fallen tree trunk. Go through the bushes and hit checkpoint. Checkpoint Take a right through the bushes. Save the Peddler and then go into the big pit. Save the girl. Next to her is a hidden chest. Take the hammer to smash the switch. A stone will come down. Now stand on top of the stone and wait till it moves back up. Jump and continue your way. Hit the second switch. Jump down and kill the enemies. Watch out for the spitting holes that spit skulls, because now there are two of them, and when you hit the third switch, three of them spit skulls. Maybe the stone rises again without you on it, just go the way with the first switch again. Now you are on top of the second stone. This is a famous one, because there were several questions on the board how to make the jump. There are two ways: Double jump and press 'S' at the end to swing with your weapon and hop a little bit further. Second is to fall a little bit off the stone and then double jump. Just do what will work best for you. Now follow the way and at the second corner just before the switch is a hidden iron chest. Hit the switch. Now jump down and kill the enemies. One of them will drop a key. Just make the entire way back up to the iron chest and then jump on the third stone. Checkpoint Jump on the moving platform and jump on the second purple mushroom, the first will fall down if you jump on it. Now save the guy and talk to him to get a key. Open the chest behind him and return to the place that he was coming from. There is a hidden chest in the water. Go back to the guy and take the path behind him. Take a left there and go to the top where you see the armour piece. Open the chest and jump to get the armour. When you get it, an enemy pops out of the sky. Leave it alone for one moment but go to the just saved innocent, that is now again in danger. Stay close to him all times. The enemy will come your way so kill it. Another one appears. Kill it. Now there drops one behind him. This is why you should stayed close to him, or else he was killed by this nasty enemy. After that take the path behind the waterfall and now take a right. Some enemies are now in the tunnel. At the end there will be a lot of grass. There is also a raven and a hidden chest. Checkpoint Get the diamond in the tree trunk. Get over it and save the two innocents. Look right of the mill to get a hidden chest. Now enter the mill and jump on the barrels to the second floor. Destroy the barrels to get a key. Jump down and destroy the barrels (if you did destroy them before jumping to the second floor, jump in the bottomless pit to die.) Open the iron chest on the other side of the bottomless pit. Return and make your way through the bushes. Jump on some platforms and on the mushrooms. Jump twice to get to the lower platform. Jump for a hidden Mimic chest. Forget about the iron chest up there for now. Go via the two small platforms to the other side. Checkpoint Turn around. Keep right and jump down to the lower platform. You see three mushrooms. If you want the most out of it, jump first on the highest one, and then going down. Now on top of the platforms is a chest with a key. As you open it enemies across appear. Jump to them right away, also don't forget the Death Coin while you are jumping. Now open with the key the chest and return to the checkpoint. Go through the tunnel and find your way to the open area with stones. You have to fight many enemies here. One will also drop a key. There are two hidden chests down here, find them. Jump on the stone that you saw in the little cut scene and jump to the left. At the end is a hidden chest. Now hit the switch in the middle of the lower area. Quickly make your way down to the iron chest. Hit the switch and jump on the stone you saw in the cut scene. If you don't make it in one jump, jump on it ASAP after that. Now jump on the stones that has been risen with the switches. You follow the little path, just to hit a switch. Now repeat the first two switches and reach safely the end of this level. ================================================================================ 5. 8 Boss: Cyclocks Enemies defeated : 1 Treasures found : 0 Innocents saved : 0 Hidden secrets found : 0 Reward after mastering:Gallery 9 Your second boss. This one can be a bit trickier if you don't know what to do. I have found a way that this boss doesn't hit you at all in the first half of the fight. Okay lets go then. First it breaks through the wall in front of you. Stay away, or you get hit. Then it will probably attack you with a sort of electric wall, jump over it. It does it always twice in a row. Now the trick is to get very close to him and attack him with your sword in the eye, as many times as possible. Now it will touch it’s eye if it has pain, but soon it wants to attack again. Just jump and hack away with it. If it is good, you will cancel it’s attack. If it is hit a few times, it will go to the left wall, be sure to get away from the wall if it breaks through. Repeat the same strategy again. Watch out if you fail to cancel it attacks. It has now a new attack, with several vertical electric bundles that will come to you, just walk left or right to dodge them. And then try to cancel it attacks again. When you hurt it enough times, it will go to the right wall, again, use the same strategy. When it has suffered enough times, it will jump out in the open. Now comes the even more easy part of the battle. Just run to it and hack away with your sword. When it charges some electric, block with your shield, till it is over, and run back and hack and slash. Repeat and it will soon be defeated. With some little skills, this boss can be defeated without losing life once. ================================================================================ 5. 9 Down with the Ship Enemies defeated : 31 Treasures found : 0 Innocents saved : 0 Hidden secrets found : 0 Reward after mastering:Gallery 10 This is a level with a time limit (4 minutes). Don't be afraid that you don't have enough time, because you have plenty of time. When you start, you see enemies coming to you, this will never stop. So what is it then what you need to do? Break six machines. Walk up to them, and hack away with hammer or sword. But beware not to be hit by enemies. Once all six are broken, and the enemies defeated that are still left you have probably mastered this level the first time. If not, you didn't kill 31 enemies. Now, remember this good level for replaying, same as level three, the sanctuary. If you ever need money to buy shields or whatever, go to this level. Kill as many enemies as you can in the time given to you. Get every koin or diamond that enemies drop (the Midas Aura will do great help here) till the time dies, and it takes you with it. Now you replay this level, but unfortunately you will lose a Death Coin. After you think you have enough money,(9999max) save, exit, reload. And remember, if you don't have any Death Coins, play level three (the sanctuary) again, again and again. ================================================================================ 5.10 Road to Hawkmoor Enemies defeated : 49 Treasures found : 41 Innocents saved : 7 Hidden secrets found : 4 Reward after mastering:Gallery 11 When you start, notice the crystals, destroy them all. Stay at the beginning until an enemy appears out of the fire. Also use the Midas Aura in the little fire place to collect a diamond. Now as you move further, a little cut scene starts, introducing a new enemy. These are flying Zin. They can be hard to defeat with your normal weapon, but the shield will do very well, especially when they are far away. Kill them and a puncher will come to you. Now jump over the little fire wall on the wooden ramp. At the end jump to reach a brick wall, break it with your hammer. As you turn, you will notice a key. Remember it. Now walk further over a small bridge. Watch out because some pieces will fall down. After the small bridge you have to watch out for crystals that rise out of the ground. They are over all the levels, so be careful. Now also a puncher appears, kill it and move on. The ground falls down, and you have to jump in it. Go into the small tunnel (beware for the many crystals) end at the end is the key. It is important to return via the tunnel to get another crystal on the way back if you didn't break it on the way to the key. Open the iron chest and save the Peddler. Jump towards a checkpoint. Checkpoint In front of the big statue is a hidden chest. Kill all the enemies, break the wall and walk over the just fallen statue. Jump on the broken ladder and then towards the iron chest. As you enter the cave and jump over the sulfurpool, keep heading right, close to the wall. You will see a ledge a little further, and at the end of this little tunnel is a key, jump down towards the chest and continue over the sulfurpool to meet a man. First jump down to the right. There is a moving platform in the sulfurpool. It leads to a little cave. Watch out for the sulfurfountain. Return to the man, and head left, towards the crystal door. Leave the two strange crystals for now, and jump down. Many nasty bore beetles appear. Take your hammer to deal with them easy. After defeating all the bore beetles, a pillar comes down. On it is the Flame Tongue. With this sword you can defeat enemies quicker and now you can buy Fire Doomstrike at the Old Guard. Go into the right tunnel to get a key, return to the place where you killed the many nasty bore beetles to open the chest. As you turn around, don't head right yet, instead go left towards the lava pool with the moving platform. On this ledge is a hidden chest. Now move on and jump on the platform in the sulfurpool with a fountain in the middle, so watch out. From there jump to the left platform and then to the armour piece, return and now watch out for the fountains in the middle of the path. At the end is another odd crystal. Slash it and you will hear a sound, and you see it shaking. Now continue to the other two odd crystals, and do the same. Now you made so much noise to break the crystal door. Enter it and go to the checkpoint. Checkpoint Go left and save the woman, and a moment later the man. Near him is a hidden chest. You will get a key from him, and now return to the checkpoint and now head right (so just continue straight on). Follow the way up to the chest to get the armour, and return to the place where you saved the woman. Take the right path, stop, look beneath you to see a diamond, get it with the Midas Aura, move on and you will see the Old Guard, and save him. Move further to some jumps towards the checkpoint. Checkpoint Go over the bridge and watch out for the new enemy. He throws spears from a distance, so be careful. As you enter the cave, look in the right wall, there is a Death Coin. Jump towards it, and then use your sword slash to take the koin. As you reach the ground, bore beetles appear. Then go into the tunnel and look for small platforms. Reach them by using the cocoons. Go into the higher tunnel on the right and you come in the previous cave where the bore beetles were. Notice the chest hanging there, use to shield to get it down. Jump to the other side, and in the corner is a hidden chest. Before you jump down towards the girl, chop down the chest. Save the girl, first go back on the stairs, an enemy is there now, and then enter the tunnel on the right, you have been here before, but now you have to get the key. But first go to the chest that was hanging on the ceiling. Now move a cocoon to the key, and jump on it, then jump and use your sword to get the key. Now return to the woman and the iron chest. Head left onto the path with the fountains. Jump on the wooden bridge and head right to save the man. Now just jump all the way down. Search for a key here, and remember this way, because it is your exit. Now jump down again to open the iron chest. Exit this place through the tunnel and go to the wooden bridge again. Now go left and at the end right There is an odd crystal, hit it. Now jump on the middle platform and hit the odd crystal, return and head right to the last crystal. Now the door to the freedom opens. Well done. ================================================================================ 5.11 Perilous Path Enemies defeated : 48 Treasures found : 42 Innocents saved : 8 Hidden secrets found : 2 Reward after mastering:Gallery 12 First notice the iron chest behind you. Now proceed to save the Old Guard. Many enemies appear here after each other, but when finally done, look for the key. It is on a bow in front of you. To get there jump on the right ledge. Walk around the pool to the key. Then return to open the chest. walk over the bridge to the stairs, next to it is a hidden chest. Get the diamond above the platform in the pool. Go up the stairs and take the left way, hit the odd crystals and return to take the right way. Hit the last crystal and the door breaks. In this cave is a chest. Now go back to where the first two crystals were and go to the checkpoint, don't forget the koins here. Checkpoint Go into the tunnel and destroy the bore beetles. If you come in the hall, hack down the iron chest hanging there. Now throw your shield towards the hanging rock cone. Now you see a really bad monster. Take it out with all your best moves(or Grim, and don't come to close. When defeated, jump to get a hidden chest with a key, return to open the iron chest. Now save the guy and go to the checkpoint. Checkpoint Save the girl and go onto the middle tower. Don't go all the way up yet, but jump on the platforms on the right towards the lavafall. Now this is a tricky jump combo. If you touch the lava, you will fall down, so stay on the edge as much as possible. Make it to the last platform, and then jump on the ground below, taking the key with you. Now climb up the high tower all to the top to open the iron chest. Jump down and break the stone wall. Then go into the tunnel on the right and kill the puncher. Save the Peddler and then go further. Kill all the nasty beasts in here and get the chest down hanging on the ceiling here. Then jump over the two fountains. Directly turn left and throw your shield to break the rock cone. Then save the two people behind the wall. Return and break the rock cone on the right. There is a diamond and a hidden chest. Now open the door with the golden key. Go through the tunnel and hit checkpoint. Also notice the iron chest here. Checkpoint Jump down to the rollingway and get the key at the end and the two koins. Now return to the checkpoint and open the iron chest. Go back to the rolling way's and avoid the rolling bore beetles. Guard if needed, but watch out not to fall off. Jump to the third rolling way and jump on a platform with a diamond above it. Now jump on the fourth rolling way, collecting the three koins, and then jump on the high platform on the right. It has a golden key on it. Now look in front of you to see the Death Coin. Get it by jumping towards rolling way two. Now get to the last rolling way (collect the koins!) and enter the door with the golden key. Quick save the man, and the girl. Talk to the man to get a key. Jump back on the highest road and go to the wall and break it with your hammer. Use the key and directly after leaving this little cave, look to the left. There is a chest hanging there, so get it down. Jump down to the ground, killing everything that moves. After that open the chest from the ceiling and find the hidden chest. No make your way back to the man. Jump towards the odd crystal, landing on the lower platform, so you can jump and hit the second crystal too. No make your way to the girl, and hit the last crystal. The floor breaks and jump in it. Now you will see a big pit. Before jumping in, collect the diamond. ================================================================================ 5.12 The Under Hive Enemies defeated : 92 Treasures found : 73 Innocents saved : 10 Hidden secrets found : 3 Reward after mastering:Gallery 13 First kill the bore beetles. Then chop down a cocoon and push it to where you started. Now jump on the ledge to open the chest. Now chop down the iron chest and a little further a cut scene starts. After that kill the beasts and walk up the stairs. Immediately turn right and chop down the normal chest. Get the key and open the iron chest. Now throw your shield to the hanging rock cones. From the second jump on the left platform. There is a hidden iron chest, and get the diamond on the right. Jump on the next platform. At the end get the chest down, and get the key, open the iron chest and go to the checkpoint. Checkpoint When the bore beetles appear, jump on the ledge on your left. There is a diamond higher up there. Now kill the beetles and move on. Now you have the choice to go left or right. Take the right to the sulfurbeast. After that save the Old Guard and the girl to get a key. Now take the right way back, open the iron chest and jump towards the diamond. Watch out for the appearing crystals. Jump down to the lower platform before the sulfurfountain. There is a hidden chest here. Now go back to the saved people and throw your shield to get the rock cone down and wait before the two sulfurfountains. On the left and right are rock cones, first take the right. Get the diamond behind the fountains and now jump on the higher ledge via the cone. Enemies appear, and the last one will drop a key. There is also a hidden chest. Now return and go via the left (now right) cone into the tunnel with crystals. As you enter the room get the cocoon down. Use it to get on the higher ledge on the left. There is a chest and now enemies appear down in the room. Go further and open the iron chest. Make it to the checkpoint. Checkpoint Now there are three people trapped in cages. Save them one by one, because enemies appear after saving one. Now walk over the little bridge and kill the sulfurbeast. Don't go over the bridge yet, but go left to the koins and diamond. Also "free" the golden key, and enemies appear. No go over the bridge and clear the open room then open the door. Get the iron chest down and hit checkpoint. Checkpoint Kill the annoying flying Zins and hit the odd crystal, go a ledge higher and hit the other two. Don't forget the diamond, and then the key. Now open the iron chest and make it to the new doorway. Save the Peddler here and then you enter a big hall with 4 people. Save them all and walk back and forth, because new enemies will appear then. After killing them all, use the cocoons to get up on the second floor. Now get the chest in the beginning of the hall down, then get all the koins and key, then open the Mimic chest and go to the back of the hall to get the iron chest down and open it. After collecting everything here, go back to the first odd crystal. Don't go there all the way stay a little bit in the mid of the room and throw your shield at it. Now do the same to the second on the second floor and then jump down to hit the third. Make your way up again and enter the new doorway. Checkpoint Get the diamond on the left and kill the many beetles. Get the chest down and move to the rolling way's. From the first jump back to the platform you came, while getting the Death Coin. The go to the next platform, avoiding the rolling beetles. Kill the many beetles and get the chest down. Go further and be sure to get the Super Meter refill. Jump via the rolling way's to the next platform. Don't forget the diamond on the way. Again lots of beetles and after that a tough jump and annoying flying Zin. Get on top of the level and kill many flying Zin. Get all the diamonds here and the key. DO NOT GO TO THE WOMAN YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE, OR THE LEVEL WILL END NOW!!! Instead go back the way you came up here and on the way back, you will see a iron chest hanging. Go to it carefully, because one miss means death. Open it and now you may go to the woman in the middle. ================================================================================ 5.13 Boss: Old Wounds Enemies defeated : 1 Treasures found : 0 Innocents saved : 0 Hidden secrets found : 0 Reward after mastering:Movie 1 Another boss fight. As with the other boss fights, again this one is easy. Just guard the hole time if he is attacking. Never attack by yourself in the first place. Now the trick is to get him do his big jump attack, and then when he is finished his attack, attack him once. Also when he calls his ancestors, jump away and then attack him. At these moments he won't guard. You can beat him without getting hit once if you know what to do. If you want to finish him quicker, use Grim. At first I had troubles beating him, but as soon as I learned the technique described above, he was a wimp. ================================================================================ 5.14 The Great Vault Enemies defeated : 37 Treasures found : 3 Innocents saved : 0 Hidden secrets found : 0 Reward after mastering:Gallery 14 First you have to keep the baron alive. To do this, stay close to him and help him attacking all the monsters there are. After a while you can talk to him. Then he says to find a way out. The baron will now attack the monsters on his own, and you will have to find a way out before he dies. Now go to the place where the pillar was fallen down. Kill the flying Zin to make life more easy. From the pillar on the ground, jump on the black candlestick on the right side, attached to the standing pillar. From here jump on the ledge. Take the armour and now make your way to the left and look for the next pillar with a candlestick. Jump on it to get the Super Meter refill. Jump back again on the ledge, and walk to the end. Jump up and turn and jump to the next ledge. Walk to the end and DON'T ENTER THE GATE YET. Instead walk towards the wall. Have maximo facing inside the big hall. Now turn your camera so you see his front. Now you will see the Death Coin clearly. To get it fall a little bit to the right and forwards. Then double jump towards the Death Coin. Maximo will now plunge his sword into the ledge and you can get the Death Coin. Do the same trick again to return, or jump down and make your way up again. Then enter the gate and another level is done. ================================================================================ 5.15 Drained Depths Enemies defeated : 69 Treasures found : 54 Innocents saved : 9 Hidden secrets found : 7 Reward after mastering:Gallery 15 On the left is a hidden chest. On the right is a stair and then some electric cloud things. When the highest one disappears, jump. Kill this very nasty beast and then save the girl. Climb up the set of stairs, and get the hidden chest in the middle. Near the big wall on the right is also a hidden chest. As you come closer to the wall, enemies appear, lots of them. Now the other wall breaks, but before you go through it, go to the little door on the left. Directly after going through the wall, go left, on the bottom of the stairs is a moneybag. Now head for the checkpoint. Checkpoint Before the electric clouds, go to the left to get a hidden chest. Now jump over and go right towards the checkpoint again, but now via the low platforms. You will see a tankard there, so get it, then go back to the wooden plank and go up the stairs. Quickly save the guy and then return a little. You will see a single barrel, and a little further a key. Get it and jump down to the iron chest. Now go back up and destroy the barrels and enter the cave. Go jump in the pit and on the bottom is a hidden chest. Inside these caves are many enemies. Also watch out for the spitting holes and don't forget the chest there. At the end save the Peddler. Now go to the checkpoint. Checkpoint Now there it becomes a bit difficult. You have to save two people. First save the girl and then stay with the boy, preventing that the monsters go to the girl and kill the guy. Get the tankard behind a wall. After this go up the rocks that just felt down. Take the right to get the koins and the Death Coin. Then take the normal route again. Directly jump down for a hidden chest. Then go to the red puncher and kill it. To get up the sand, just jump, jump, jump, jump etc. Go on top of a platform and look for a entrance on the right. Here you have to save a girl, and there is a hidden chest at the sandfall. After that, take the road to the left, but not the one with the checkpoint. Here you have to save the Old Guard, and then get the iron key on the small ledge. Open the iron chest and go for the checkpoint. Checkpoint Now you are at the sand river again. Take the north entrance and hit checkpoint. Checkpoint Save the guy here and move on to the small ledge. After the jump to the second ledge, turn around. You here a guy screaming, and now you can see it too, jump towards it and save him. Take the key at the back and return to the iron chest near the checkpoint. Go to the long tunnel that brings you deep inside the caves. Checkpoint Make your way up avoiding the electric pools and take out the enemies. Go to the highest point and get the golden key there. Open the door. Go down and kill the monsters. Now get the Bleak Forge on the pillar. From now you can also buy the Ice Doomstike at the Old Guard. The statue's are now moving back and forth. Only make the jump when they are close to each other. Make your way up, and kill the monsters here. Hit the switch and repeat the jumps again. Now hit the switch and you are free. ================================================================================ 5.16 Sunken City Enemies defeated : 77 Treasures found :133 Innocents saved : 10 Hidden secrets found : 8 Reward after mastering:Gallery 16 Get the two moneybags behind you. Get the two koins and diamond and then go on the roof of the temple. Get the key from here and enter the temple to open the iron chest. Next save the Old Guard and get all the koins and diamonds there. Don't forget the one's under the bridge, on the right and left side and the one's inside the round pool. After that walk to the other side and save the guy. Collect everything here, and get the key. Return to open the iron chest close to the Old Guard. Get to the gate and on the left side is a hidden chest. On the right side is a moneybag and a koin. Jump on the roof of the gate to get a diamond. Now enter the gate and clear this hall. Don't forget the two Super Meter refills. As you leave the hall and come to the open again, immediately turn right and go for the puncher. Save the girl and jump to the other side again, but also look on the right there to find a Super Meter refill. Then go to the checkpoint. Checkpoint Before you enter the hall, use the Midas Aura on the left of the fallen bridge. A diamond will appear now. Enter the hall and after clearing save the girl in the next one. As you leave the building there is one hidden chest in the corner straight ahead. Kill all the enemies, including the seagulls. Then jump on the pillars (don't forget the diamond hanging high in the middle of the circle) and go to the bridge. You have to save the Peddler here. Don't go to the left to save him, but go to the right. There is a puncher, and let the other enemies come to you. After you saved him, go to the left and enter the door. Exit via the other door and save the guy. Now there appear lots of enemies. After a while a cut scene starts and now you have to hurry to save the girl. To get more time abort the cut scene by pressing 'select'. She will give you a key and you can open the iron chest in the little temple area. Get the two hidden chests in both corners and go back to the entrance. Jump here on the pillars to the top of the temple area. Get the diamond and koins here and now return to the Peddler. Don't turn left or right, but go straight on. Here is also a little room with a key. Get the key and open the iron chest in this area. Now again go to the Peddler, and now jump on the next circle of stones. Get all the koins in here and jump to the checkpoint. Checkpoint Get the hidden chest here and enter the room here. Open the Mimic chest and WAIT. On the right is a room that is lower. BEFORE jumping down, use the Midas Aura to collect the koins there. Now jump down and collect the rest. Outside is a hidden chest. Kill all the enemies and a pillar will fall down. Also one of the enemies has a key. Jump on the pillar and follow the way up. Open the iron chest on the right and jump in the highest pillar to get the diamond. Continue you way to the next pillar, behind it is a moneybag. Return and move you way up to the ledges on the wall. Get the diamond on the high pillar and go to the exit. Kill the puncher and go to the other door to get the golden key. Return and go over the bridge. The bridge will break a little bit, so you can climb on it if you fall off. Kill the red puncher and collect the two diamonds on either side of the bridge. Now go through the door and talk to the woman. Now return to the very beginning of the level and save the guy here. Return to the woman again and jump down on the right side of the stairs to get the moneybag. Checkpoint Walk a little bit further to get a hidden chest. Get all the koins in here and save the guy, then jump on the pipe. Get the diamond at the spitting hole and jump on the next set of pipes. Get here the diamond and follow the pipe to the normal land. Watch out for the spitting hole and get the hidden chest here. With the key return to the guy you saved and jump on the big pipe. Jump over it to get to the iron chest. Now go again to the hidden chest and move on. Kill the seagull and jump on the pipes. Jump on the last little pipe to use the shield to get the diamond under the roof. Jump back and go on the roof. Get the Death Coin by jumping towards it, and then jump backwards. Now go over the pipes and more flying Zin appear. Kill them and open the chest in front of the temple. Return to the first corner and jump on the higher pipes. Get the diamond on the right here and make it to the other side and jump in the pipe to end this level. ================================================================================ 5.17 Boss: Guardian of the Deep Enemies defeated : 1 Treasures found : 0 Innocents saved : 0 Hidden secrets found : 0 Reward after mastering:Movie 2 This is boss is a bit tougher then the other ones so far. To get him down quickly attack as much as you can, and don't forget you have Grim too. He will jump out of the water, breaking a piece of wood. Then is you time to attack. It attacks back with his head, green gas or flames. You can guard the head attack well, but the other attacks not, just run away then. Look out that you don't fall in the water, or that he punches you in the water if you are guarding. After awhile more and more woods are gone, so be careful not to fall in the water here. It has only one form/life bar, so focus on that to plan what to do next if he is almost dead. It shouldn't give you that much trouble. ================================================================================ 5.18 The Soulcrusher Enemies defeated : 95 Treasures found : 89 Innocents saved : 2 Hidden secrets found : 2 Reward after mastering:Gallery 17 Smash the gate open, and then kill all the stingers in sight. More will appear. After taken all down, go up to the small beam. DON'T jump off the beam yet, but use the Midas Aura to get a diamond from the pointed silver building (credits to ladyhawke2). Now jump down. Get the hidden chest above ground and go into the tunnel. Save the Peddler and jump for a hidden Mimic chest in front of the machine thing. Now jump on it and get the key. Return to the tunnel and on the other side is now a blue stinger. Open the chest and get the diamond behind the chest in the corner. Return and go up to the switch. Kill the flying Zin and make a round up here to collect all the diamond. Don't forget the four behind the smashable gate in the little tunnel. Smash the switch and you know what to do next. You enter a room where some enemies appear. After that a door opens. But before going there you have to do something difficult. Smash the switch to start the cart. Jump on it and ride back. Now get rid of the flying Zin and head left, watch out for the flames. Get the key and get ready for a difficult part. Smash the switch and don't wait a second, but as fast as you can jump towards the place where you fought the enemies and towards the cart that is riding again. If you plunge your hammer in the cart, DON'T get up YET, but wait till the cart has almost stopped. Then jump to open the iron chest and get back again, but now heading right and go through the door. One side note, if you die here, and get the other key from the beginning, DON'T think to open the second iron chest with that key because only when you ride the cart some enemies will appear by the iron chest. In the new room there is a chest and some koins. But as soon as you want to get the koins, an electric field will come to you. The bad thing is that it pushes you back. The good thing is that there is a hole inside it, where you can go through. Make it to the end and destroy the eye thing at the door to end this madness. Checkpoint In this room is a column. First check the ground for two moneybags. Then make your way up, collecting everything that is hanging there. To get up is a little bit frustrating some times, but it is all about timing. You can do it. If you made it to the top kill the enemies. At the end is a armour hanging in the sky. Jump to get it, and land on one of the platforms so you don't have to do it all again from the bottom. On top again enter the room. Save the Old Guard and while entering the new room look left for a tankard. Now head down and jump on the moving pillars. Head right and go to the chest. It is a bite one. Now return to the pillars and take the far right side to kill the monsters here. Get the key and return to the pillars. Stay on the first row and go to the last corner you haven't been yet. Here is a iron chest. On your return, DON'T jump on the pillars yet, instead look left to spot the Super Meter refill. After taking that return to the door and hit checkpoint. Checkpoint Look left for a moneybag and go right for the electric field. Enter the door and get rid of the enemies. Jump over the rotating gear to kill more enemies. Now a cut scene starts. After that don't take the right way, but the left, jump over the gear and open the chest here. With this key, jump over the two gears again and take the right to go to the moving pillars. Jump on them and open the iron chest at the end. Now go towards the gear that you saw in the cut scene but don't jump on this one. Jump on the lower three on the other side. In the corner is a Death coin, get it by jumping once to it, and jump again backwards to land safely on this gear again. Now jump on the gear you saw in the cut scene and jump on the other gear ONLY when it has stopped. It may be a difficult jump the first time, but you can do it. Checkpoint Take a few jumps to face some enemies. After a while they are all dead and you see a cut scene. Go down and destroy the machine thing. Head left for a chest behind the little gear, and right to destroy another machine to get a key. With this key return upstairs and open the iron chest. Now enter the door and you see some pillars coming out of the wall. Quickly jump from one to another to make your way up. Half way you can rest a little while, ooh no, not yet, first kill some stingers here. Now there are new pillars. To get up the first three, stand in front of the first one, and as soon as it comes out of the wall, jump on it, same again for the next ones. On top DON'T enter the door, but go left to enter a little tunnel. Be sure to ENTER it, because only then an enemy will appear. After that go through the door. Well done, it was a hard level for the first time playing. ================================================================================ 5.19 Tinkers Rescue Enemies defeated :174 Treasures found : 55 Innocents saved : 3 Hidden secrets found : 0 Reward after mastering:Gallery 18 Since there are no hidden chest here, and you will counter 174 enemies, I will advise you to equip your magic pow boxers. It will help a little in the great battles. Help Tinker killing the enemies. Beware, these are really tough. Stay close to her so she won't die. After you killed a lot of them, talk to her and now she will destroy the machines while you are supposed to cover her back. I never do that. I always destroy the machine closest to the door myself, and then she will go through it. immediately guard after the cut scene, or you will be hit. Get rid of the last enemies and destroy the other machine. It opens a room with the Old Guard in it. Also save the Peddler and open the Mimic chest to get a key. Then open the iron chest and leave this room to go into a tunnel. Kill the stingers. Checkpoint Jump on the rotating platform. Avoid the fire. Jump on the right ledge to get a key, and then on the left to open the iron chest. Go in the next tunnel and kill the enemies. Get on the rotating gear and don't fall off. On the right is another gear and above that is a key. Time you jumps well and you should make it. Stay on this gear and go to the end of it. Watch out for the flames and go through the little tunnel. Again a gear and at the end an enemy. Go back via the right wall and go up here to open the iron chest. Follow the way here to kill an enemy and collect koins. Also get the armour hanging in the sky. Be sure to stay on the pipes, or you have to go back up again. If you see the checkpoint, jump to it. Checkpoint Kill the enemies and take the left way. Go to the end to get a key. Now return to the middle. Get the high diamond by throwing you shield. Get on the rotating thing and make it to the middle. Try to get on top of it and jump to the iron chest. Now get to the end of this madness and head left. Destroy the machine and get the diamond high in the air. Now go through the gate to get to the best part of the whole game. Checkpoint First turn for a chest. And then prepare for many, many, many, many enemies. As you approach the machine gun it will fire at you, so avoid it. Then kill the enemies here. Many will come and come. The easiest way is to guard and let them come close to you, if possible as many as there are. Then press (X X T T). Later on there are tougher enemies, like the punchers and then you can use (X X T S). Don't use the machine gun. It is dangerous and you won't get any money or other things from the enemies. Have lots of fun killing them all. After this go through the tunnel to encounter more enemies. Yippee. To take out the red punchers use Grim. After killing them all don't forget the tankard and chest. Then go on the lift to hit checkpoint. Checkpoint More enemies. You know what to do. After that go through the tunnel and behind the pillar is a key. Return to open the chest and then move on to, you guess, lots of enemies. Don't forget the chest before going up with the lift. Checkpoint Hmm, what next, my guess is, enemies, yippee. This is why this level is so great. After killing them destroy the machine. Get over the small beams and don't forget the Death Coin. At the end there are some nasty flying Zin, so watch out. Take out the strong enemy, and go under his platform to find a tankard on a beam. Now go to the little lift and head right. Watch out for the fire. Kill the strong enemy and continue, don't return. At the end of this small path is a key. Return to the iron chest and after opening return to the lift. Continue your way and kill the enemies. Destroy the machine and look on the right for a diamond, get it with your shield. Now jump on the green canon and watch out for the fire. Get the armour on the left and jump on the next platform. Flying Zin will appear. Now go to the end of this level, well done, and prepare for the final battle. ================================================================================ 5.20 Boss: Master of the Zin Enemies defeated : 2 Treasures found : 0 Innocents saved : 0 Hidden secrets found : 0 Reward after mastering:Movie 3 This can be a tough battle. First come prepared (golden armour, full Grim Meter and Super Meter). You have to fight this big guy, and he can be a pain in the ass if you don't look out. Attack him when ever possible. In the mean time also look out for the normal enemies coming to you. Best way is to focus on the big boss and hit him enough times so he opens his chest, now you see his blue soul. If that happens, use the best attack you have, I recommend (with the sword) (X X T S). Now you see his health drop down by meters, and the normal enemies die too. If you wait too long, he will regenerate his health, so don't waist any time. Do this a few times and a cut scene starts. Now he will be much more aggressive. Just use the same strategy, but now use Grim instead of the best attack. He will be down in a minute if done correctly. Finally you see him dead and have finished this beautiful game, or not. Now an other boss shows up. Luckily this one is a bit easier. If you have the Grim Meter full, use Grim on him ASAP. After a few slashes he will fall down on the ground, now still use Grim and see his health drop. As he stands up again, slash him to release souls and catch them to fill your Grim Meter. If it is full, attack with Grim. Repeat the times needed and he will be down after a pretty long battle. Remember that you can block all his attacks, so that you don't hurt yourself. Now watch the ending movie and the credits and you can be proud of yourself that you have finished this game. Start a new game on hard if you have mastered all the levels and enjoy this great game again. ================================================================================ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Tips Stock up on Death Coins: Play level three (the sanctuary) and get the hidden chest at the graveyard, then save, exit and reload. Get golden armour to come prepared at difficult levels: Play level three (the sanctuary) and get the first hidden chest to get armour. Also get the Death Coin as well. Stock up on koins: Play level 9 (Down with the Ship) and kill as many enemies as possible. When the time runs out, you die and start again. Do this a few time after each other till you think you have enough koins (max is 9999) and then save, exit and reload. If you run out of Death Coins, replay level three, you know how. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Extra's When you master a level, you will be rewarded with some galleries, or movies. When you finish the first level (doesn't have to be mastered) you will get gallery 1. All galleries are some nice artwork pictures of maximo and all figures that play a role in this adventure. When you finish some boss levels, you will be rewarded with some movies of storyboards. Enjoy all the galleries and movies after you mastered all the levels. Level: Gallery/movie: 1 Gallery 1 and Gallery 2 2 Gallery 3 3 Gallery 4 4 Gallery 5 5 Gallery 6 6 Gallery 7 7 Gallery 8 8 Gallery 9 9 Gallery 10 10 Gallery 11 11 Gallery 12 12 Gallery 13 13 Movie 1 14 Gallery 14 15 Gallery 15 16 Gallery 16 17 Movie 2 18 Gallery 17 19 Gallery 18 20 Movie 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Credits I want to thank Ladyhawke2 for the great help. She did a great job reading this faq, and correcting me where mistakes were. Then I want to thank the people on the Maximo GameFAQs massage board, who helped me sometimes completing the levels. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any questions or want to send in some boss strategies or something, please feel free to email me, but no stupid questions that are already answered in the FAQ or spam please. erwinraaben55(at) (hotmail, you know how, if not, don't email) ©Copyright 2004 by erwinraaben55